Hi,
I have just chosen a VPH1252 that is on the other side of the country and arranged for the seller to take it to a Sony repair center for a prepurchase inspection. The technician at the repair center has told me that the tubes are wear and burn free (1300 hours only) but that the video image is 'wobbling' due to ripple from the powersupply. The quote to replace and fit the Power Supply is $AUD 2000 ($US 1300) Crazy since that is more than what the projector is worth.
Has anybody encountered this problem with the Sony 12xx sets? I would suspect that a dead capacitor in the Power Supply is to blame and it is over the top to replace the whole power supply.
I guess that this would be easy to fix (I'm an EE) but wanted to check with the experts before handing over the money.
Thanks
Aaron
I have just chosen a VPH1252 that is on the other side of the country and arranged for the seller to take it to a Sony repair center for a prepurchase inspection. The technician at the repair center has told me that the tubes are wear and burn free (1300 hours only) but that the video image is 'wobbling' due to ripple from the powersupply. The quote to replace and fit the Power Supply is $AUD 2000 ($US 1300) Crazy since that is more than what the projector is worth.
Has anybody encountered this problem with the Sony 12xx sets? I would suspect that a dead capacitor in the Power Supply is to blame and it is over the top to replace the whole power supply.
I guess that this would be easy to fix (I'm an EE) but wanted to check with the experts before handing over the money.
Thanks
Aaron